Posted
by
CmdrTaco
on Monday April 19, 2010 @10:15AM
from the or-so-they-say dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There has been some speculation about it. Not anymore: 'This is Apple's next iPhone. It was found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS. We got it. We disassembled it. It's the real thing, and here are all the details.' Judging by Gizmodo's reaction, it looks like a winner."

According to the person who found it, this iPhone was running iPhone OS 4.0 before the iPhone 4.0 announcement. The person was able to play with it and see the iPhone 4.0 features. Then, Apple remotely killed the phone before we got access to it. We were unable to restore [...]

Plus with as many phone cases as there are out there, the best camouflage (assuming you're trying to protect against someone noticing the iPhone UI on a non-iPhone looking body) would be a case, even if it was poorly fitting.

Like the case they talk about in the article as being camouflage perhaps?

The camouflage case
The case it came inside was a fully developed plastic case to house this phone to disguise it like a 3GS. This wasn't just a normal case; it had all the proper new holes cut out for the new
switches and ports and camera holes and camera flash. But it looks like something from Belkin or Case-Mate. It's a perfect disguise.

The only other alternative is to come forward and confirm it as a real iPhone, which I can't see Apple doing.

Why not? Oh, maybe not immediately, but the statute of limitations is long enough that Apple can just wait until the final model is ready to debut and then press charges & file civil suit. It's what I'd do if someone took one of my prototypes and bragged about their theft to the entire internet.

- you and your party are sitting in a bar- suddenly you kick something with your foot- it looks like last years artifact of awesomeness- BUT NO, ITS BRAND NEW ARTIFACT OF AWESOMNESS! ZOMG! WHAT DO YOU DO?!?